Toyo Ito: In some way, architecture is part of the conservative forces in a society because it follows the rules set down by tradition. So architecture always lags behind the development of advanced ideas.
How to pull architecture up and keep it abreast of avant-garde concepts, how to break out of old modes of thinking and escape the confinement of old schools of thought. This is the challenge faced by architects.
Wonder if Toyo Ito read the Harper's Magazine article by Mark Kingwell - The City of Tomorrow: Searching for the future of architecture in Shanghai - snip
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Toyo Ito: In some way, architecture is part of the conservative forces in a society because it follows the rules set down by tradition. So architecture always lags behind the development of advanced ideas.
How to pull architecture up and keep it abreast of avant-garde concepts, how to break out of old modes of thinking and escape the confinement of old schools of thought. This is the challenge faced by architects.
Wonder if Toyo Ito read the Harper's Magazine article by Mark Kingwell - The City of Tomorrow: Searching for the future of architecture in Shanghai - snip
nice find - thanks john
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